McCarrick
McCarrick v. Amazon.com Services LLC
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 LISA MCCARRICK, Case No. 20-cv-02145-HSG
8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
TRANSFER VENUE
9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 15 10 AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC, 11 Defendant.
12 13 Pending before the Court is Defendant Amazon.com Services LLC’s motion to transfer 14 this action to the Eastern District of California. Dkt. No. 15. The Court finds this matter 15 appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil 16 L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons detailed below, the Court DENIES the motion. 17 In support of its motion to transfer, Defendant cites 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). This provision 18 provides that “[f]or the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district 19 court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been 20 brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). 21 The transfer statute exists “to prevent the waste of time, energy and money and to protect 22 litigants, witnesses and…